Random TV Husbands And Wives Really Thought Of Each Other (12 items)

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  (#2) I Love Lucy

  • Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance

  I Love Lucy gave audiences plenty of belly laughs over the years, and one of the main sources of those chuckles were Lucy and Ricky's antics. Unfortunately, the real-life marriage between the two was anything but happy.

  The couple was already separated before filming for the show even began. One frequent point of contention was Arnaz's constant womanizing. An article from People magazine had made its way on set and into Lucy's hands. In it, Lucy's publicist Charles Pomerantz spilled the beans on Arnaz's infidelity. 

  “Everybody was frozen on the set,” he recalled. “She finally came out, tossed the magazine to Desi and said, 'Oh, hell, I could tell them worse than that.'”

  Between Arnaz's cheating and the couple's fighting, few were surprised by their eventual divorce.
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  (#6) The Jeffersons

  • Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Marla Gibbs

  The Jeffersons was way ahead of its time and was filled to the brim with talents like Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford, who played husband-and-wife team George and Louise Jefferson. The day Sanford met Hemsley, though, she was unaware he would be playing her husband. When she found out, she side-eyed the “little man," declaring she could "squash him like a bug.”

  Sanford's nickname on the show, "Weezy," came from Hemsley's youth - he had used the same nickname on a childhood sweetheart, also named Louise. On set, however, Sanford was called "The Queen" or "The Queen Bee." Hemsley fondly remembers everyone bowing to her when she entered a room.
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  (#8) Full House

  • Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier

  Full House became an instant cult classic among viewers. While it was never received well by critics, it continued for eight seasons. The spin-off Netflix series Fuller House, launched in 2016, featured many of the original cast members, including John Stamos, who not only appeared on the show, but also produced it.

  He and his on-screen wife, Lori Loughlin, are considered by fans to be one of the best couples in TV history. The two even dated when they were teenagers. Perhaps that's why the pair had such an amazing connection while playing a married couple.

  Despite their real-life chemistry, they both stated that the timing was never right. According to Stamos, "We did have some off timing, but no disrespect to her family and her husband now, I would say that she could be the one that got away."
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  (#10) House

  • Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard

  House is set in a fictional New Jersey medical center called Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Dr. Gregory House is a tormented character, plagued with a bad leg and a bad substance habit. He uses his intellect, as well as the help of his team of young diagnosticians, to aid him in solving difficult medical cases.

  This is how Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) and Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) meet. The two actors fell in love while working on the hit show and kept their relationship a secret from their coworkers for several months. The two eventually became engaged, but they broke off their engagement only weeks before the wedding was set to take place. Unfortunately, they still had to play opposite one another as a couple on the show. 

  "After much consideration, we have decided not to get married,'' the couple said in a joint statement at the time. "We are still very close, and we look forward to continuing to work together on House.''
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  (#11) Parks and Recreation

  • Amy Poehler, Jim O'Heir, Nick Offerman

  Parks and Recreation will likely never be duplicated. The cast worked so seamlessly together that many fans wished they could actually live in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana.

  Many of the show's best moments included Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza, who played husband and wife Andy Dwyer and April Ludgate. The pair's palpable chemistry may have been due to the fact that Plaza and Pratt are both very similar to their characters. When discussing Pratt's 2019 marriage to Katharine Schwarzenegger, Plaza said, "[My] bet is that he’s gonna be the most fun husband ever, and I think that girl is a lucky, lucky, lucky gal. Yeah, it’s a jackpot."
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  (#1) The Dick Van Dyke Show

  • Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie

  If you loved the chemistry between Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke on the comedian's eponymous sitcom, you'll be pleasantly surprised to find out that this connection extended to the real world, too. Even though Moore was 12 years Van Dyke's junior, the attraction between the two, combined with her comedic abilities, made her a shoo-in for the role. Van Dyke admitted to their mutual infatuation in a 2017 interview with Larry King: "We had a little crush on each other. I think, absolutely."

  The pair was even able to improve scenes because they were so in-tune with one another. Moore explained their rapport even further when she told King: "I loved him. I loved his kindness. I loved his humor and his dance. Everything about him I loved and I connected to."

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